Neared [verb]

Definition of Neared:

come nearer

Synonyms of Neared:

● Reach

● Surround

● Near

● Contact

● Threaten

● Meet

● Come

● Match

● Advance

● Approximate

● Resemble

● Impend

● Equal

● Bear

● Converge

● Buzz

● Progress

● Border

● Come at

● Take after

● Be comparable to

● Be like

● Belly up to

● Catch up

● Close in

● Come close

● Compare with

● Correspond to

● Creep up

● Draw near

● Gain on

● Go toward

● Loom up

● Move in on

● Move toward

● Verge upon


Opposite/Antonyms of Neared:

● Go away

● Stop

● Miss

● Leave

● Go

● Depart

● Distance

● Decrease

● Retrogress

● Retreat

● Avoid


Sentence/Example of Neared:

Now they neared the foot of the shaft where the rest of the party seemed to await them.

I heard him mutter as he neared the boat-house where Fin and I were stowing cargo.

He scaled the walls of the garden as before—he neared the house.

As we neared the house, 'Quiet,' I said; 'Mrs. Bowles does not know.'

But it was when they neared the square that the guffaws began.

As he neared his uncle's house he noticed there was a light in the sitting room.

Tired and hungry, they neared the cottage where Philemon and Baucis lived.

"At last, my love, we are together," he murmured as they neared Wimbledon.

Danny O'Rourke was watching his altimeter sharply as he neared the ground.

As they neared the schoolhouse Bailey's courage began to fail.